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The series of guidelines VDI 4280 describes the planning and evaluation of ambient air quality measurements and is an important element of quality assurance in monitoring and assessing air quality in the sector regulated by law.
The guidelines were developed and published by the "Commission on Air Pollution Prevention of VDI and DIN - Standards Committee". VDI, the Association of German Engineers, is a financially independent and politically unaffiliated, non-profit organization of 132,000 engineers and natural scientists. More than 13,000 of these members work for the VDI in an honorary capacity.